Chinese symbol for “hired”
受聘
shòu pìn
hired (for employment); invited (e.g. to lecture); engaged (for a task); (in olden times) betrothal gift from the groom's family
The closest CC-CEDICT match for hired is 受聘 (shòu pìn), defined as: hired (for employment); invited (e.g. to lecture); engaged (for a task); (in olden times) betrothal gift from the groom's family.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “hired”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 受聘.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 接受 | jiē shòu | to accept (a suggestion, punishment, bribe etc); to acquiesce |
| 受到 | shòu dào | to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc); to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc) |
| 感受 | gǎn shòu | to sense; perception |
| 享受 | xiǎng shòu | to enjoy; to live it up |
| 受伤 (受傷) | shòu shāng | to sustain injuries; wounded (in an accident etc) |
| 受害者 | shòu hài zhě | casualty; victim |
| 招聘 | zhāo pìn | to invite applications for a job; to recruit |
| 聘请 (聘請) | pìn qǐng | to engage; to hire (a lawyer etc) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “hired”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.